LONDON—Unionists at Eurostar rail service from London to Paris and Brussels carried out their first strike on August 28. Some 160 Rail, Maritime and Transport union members picketed outside the main entrances to the London stations at Waterloo (above) and Ashford. Maintenance workers from the west London depot who were not part of the strike joined the picket line before starting work at 8:00 a.m. Union organizer Agustín Pérez said, “We are fighting for a rate for the job. At the moment we have workers doing the same duties on different rates. If they work at Ashford outside London, they earn £4,000 [$7,290] less” per year than those in London.
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